About The Lattas

Jeanne is a singer/ songwriter/guitarist from the California mountains. She worked professionally for over 20 years as a Cabaret-styled solo artist. At a young age, she was professionally recording radio commercial jingles. Jeanne toured with a 12 person, 3-part harmony elite group competing nationally performing A Capella in Italian, German, & English as well as choreographed "Doo-Wop." Jeanne has the rich warm sounds of Patsy Cline & Karen Carpenter, as well as the gravelly, husky sounds of Janis Joplin. Jeanne was the founding member of the popular "Sidewynder" country band, based out of Arizona. She was the lead female vocalist and guitarist. She met her future husband Billy Latta when he auditioned to be the lead guitarist for the band. The band actively toured for a decade, mainly in the southwestern states as well as parts of Wisconsin. Playing Nevada casinos, Indian casinos, festivals, fairs, honkytonks, and corporate events.

Billy has played in all types of groups, from gospel to hard rock, but mostly Top 40 dance bands such as Colors, G-Force, Adios Jones & The Joe Vasquez Band, and the band Push, to name a few. Billy was inspired by the unique playing style of Nile Rodgers of CHIC. Billy auditioned for the position of Lead Guitarist in the country band "Sidewynder" where he met his future wife Jeanne. He originally declined the invitation to audition because he was not fond of traditional country music. He had sat in the audience to listen to Sidewynder one night, when the band was in its infantile stages, and has said that it was the guitar licks in the song "Beer Money" that he felt had a cool, rockin' flavor. Because of the "new country" sound he decided to go ahead and give the country band a try. He ended up becoming the driving force in writing Sidewynder original songs. He was awarded Songwriter of the Year 2015 in the Lake Havasu Songwriter Festival contest.

Billy & Jeanne also formed a music duo called "Double Shot of Crown" in 2018, and were married in 2021 - eight years after first playing music together.